Friday, June 09, 2006

Put a Piece of Rock Salt In My Kristalweizen News

Poland flops, Germany romps, und the goals are pouring in.~~~~Du Nord guest poster und Wolf Druce impersonator "Tom" here. I only got half-way through the eigth grade, so feel free to send tips and rips to tom.elko@gmail.com.~~~~Ecuador 2, Poland nil!~~~~Germany tops Costa Rica 4-2. Game recaps here und here. What's more important, Germany's victory or Costa Rica's two goals?~~~~It appears as if Oswaldo Sanchez will be in the net for Mexico's first game against Iran, while Iranian midfielder Ferydoon Zandi has been ruled out for the match.~~~~In other injury news, Trinidad und Tobago defenseman Marvin Andrews has been scratched from their first match against Sweden with a bum knee.~~~~Quote of the day comes via Big Soccer News:

"So, what is it?" Brazil's president wanted to know. "Is he fat or not?"

- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to his country's soccer coach on the fitness of Ronaldo.

Full story here.~~~~Also from Big Soccer News, it looks like the English and the Germans are having a little trouble letting bygones be bygones.

When hundreds of German fans arrived after watching their team beat Costa Rica 4-2 in a match shown on a giant screen floating on the nearby River Main, England fans chanted "10 German bombers" and other songs referring to World War Two while German supporters waved their national flags.

Around 100 police wearing white helmets with visors moved into the square at around 8:30 p.m. (1830 GMT) to keep the two sides apart.

If the English and the Germans want to relive the war, I guess that bodes well for the American squad.~~~~Grant Wahl answers his own question, "how should the U.S. define success at the World Cup?" in his latest from SI.com.~~~~Has Bruce Arena adopted a Brazillian attitude towards *ahem* family time during the World Cup?~~~~Be sure to check out Hawaiian Superman Brian Ching's blog at the Houston Chronicle.~~~~More on Chivas' 2-1 upset over the Galaxy last night from the LA Times and ESPN. Not a good way for Frank Yallop to start out his new job as coach of the Galaxy.~~~~The first of a two-part story on Freddy Adu? Sure, why the hell not.~~~~Q&A with U-18 MNT coach Bob Jenkins in the run-up to the big tournament in Lisbon.